Concrete-burial-vault mold.



C. M. PECKHAM. CONCRETE BURIAL VAULT MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 4. I915.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.,

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CONCRETE BURIAL VAULT MOLD. APPLICATION FILED OCT- 4. 1915.

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CHARLES MANAHAN PECKHAM. 0F NORWALK, OHIO.

GONCRETE-BURIAL-VAULT MOLD.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, CHARLES M. PEoK- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwalk, in the county of Huron and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Concrete- ]Burial-Vault Molds; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates broadly to improvements in plastip working apparatus and more particularly to molds for the construction of concrete burial vaults.

. The object of the invention is to improve upon devices of this class to such an extent as to greatly simplify the same, yet to produce a mold which will be highly eliicient and durable and which will possess a number of advantageous features.

With this general object in view, the mvention resides in certain novel features of construction and in unique combinations of parts to be hereinafter fully described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawlngs wherein:

- Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa mold constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing the body of a vault completed in the mold and illustrating the latter in position to be inverted for removing from such vault; Fig. top plan view of the complete mold for the body of the vault; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section as viewed along the plane indicated by the line H of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section taken on the plane of the line 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section through the mold for forming the cover of the vault; Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view thereof taken on the plane of the line Z7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section as viewed on the plane of the line 8-8 of Fig. 6; Fig.

. 9is a detail horizontal section showing the application of anumber of inserts for increasing the length of the mold; Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one of the inserts; Fig. 11 is a similar view of one of the clamps employed in securing the several mold plates together; Fig. 12 is a detail horizontal section through one of the lower corners of the outer shell; Fig. 13 is a side elevation partly Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed October 4, 1915. Serial No. 54,075.

in longitudinal section of the complete vault; and Fig. 14 is a vertical transverse section of the complete vault.

In these drawings, similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numerals 1 and 2 having reference broadly to the inner and outer shells of the mold whose construction will be described in detail.

The inner shell 1 is composed of a pair of parallel upright side plates 3 having vertically disposed ends which contact with side continuations 4: formed as integral parts of upright end plates 5, one side of the side plates 3 being provided with upright bars 6 at their opposite ends which project slightly beyond the ends proper of the plates as clearly shown in Fig. 4, said. bars being disposed in contact with similar bars 7 secured to the side extensions 1. The remote sides of the bars 6 and 7 are grooved vertically as shown at 8, such grooves being registered with similar grooves 9 in clamping yokes 10 (see Fig. 11). The yokes 10 embrace the bars 6 and 7 and wedge-shaped keys 11 are driven in the registering grooves in said yokes and bars, whereby to form a reliable connection between the sides land extensions 4:, yet one which may be released at will.

The upper and lower end portions of the end walls and plates 5 are preferably reinforced by T-irons or the like 12, while immediately below the upper edge of said plates are the angle irons 3. The irons 13 are disposed in the same plane with additional angle irons 14 secured to the inner sides of the side plates 3, while 'l'-irons15 plates in approximately the planes of the T-irons 12. This arrangement of 'l'-irons and angle irons effectively braces the inner shell as Will be obvious. However, the "l -irons 15 are preferably connected by side bars 16 having hooks at their opposite ends to be received in openings in the horizontal flanges of said irons.

in addition to reinforcing the upper edges vault, as shown in Figs. 13 and 14, these projections being designed for supporting the casket as shown.

The outer shell 2 is constructed in ap proximately the same manner as the inner shell, the primary difference being that the lower edges of all of the plates constituting said outer shell are bulged outwardly as disclosed at 20 to impart a neat contour to the upper edge of the lower section of the vault, the appearance of such upper edge being increased by. the provision of a plurality of ornamental hollow castings 21 secured in notches at the four lower corners of the outer shell, preferably in the manner disclosed in Fig. 12. The castings 21 produce the ornamental corners 22 on the complete vault as shown in Fig. 13, these corners serving not only as ornaments but as stops to prevent slippage of a rope passed horizontall v around the vault when lowering it into a grave.

The notches are necessarily formed in the corners of the outer shell to allow the outwardly bulged portion thereof to be bent at the corners of said shell, and the castings 21, in addition to filling said notches to perform the functions above set forth, effectively reinforce the corners of the shell.

The side plates 3- of the outer mold are re inforced by T-irons or the like 15*, while the end plates 5 'of said shell are strengthened by channel iron bars 23 which are riveted or otherwise permanently secured thereto. The horizontal flanges 24 of the bars 23 are provided with alined apertures at appropriate points for the'reception of upright bottom fastening bolts 25 which secure in position an appropriate bottom 26 which closes the space between the lower edges of the inner and outer shells 1 and 2, said bottom being preferably in the form of an open frame having angle irons 27 between which the shells are disposed. The upper side of the bottom 26 is provided with a continuous half round rib 29, whereby to form a groove 30 in the upper edge of the upper section of the vault. (See Figs. 2 and 5.)

In-constructing the lower section of the vault, the bottom 26 is supported at an appropriate height by blocks or the like 31, the mold is set up upon said bottom, and the concrete is poured and troweled until the formation disclosed in Figs. 2 and 5 results. After this concrete hardens, it becomes expedient to provide means whereby the entire mold and the vault section formed therein may be inverted to allow the inner shell to be more readily removed and to position the vault with its open side disposed upwardly. To this end, a pair of alined journals 32 are rigidly secured by any suitable means to the ends of the outer shell, being 23 as shown. These journals are adapted for reception in appropriate bearings carried by standard members 33 which are applied'while the blocks 31 are still in position. After disposing the journals 32 in the bearings of the standard members 33, the blocks 31 are removed, thus allowing the entire weight of the mold and vault to be supported upon said journals whereupon the parts mentioned may be inverted. The bolts 25 may now be removed to allow re- 1110Val of the bottom 26, a hand truck may be positioned beneath the mold and vault therein whereupon the standards 33 are removed to allow such parts to rest upon said truck, and finally the inner and outer shells are knocked down by removal of the clamps 10. The vault may now be moved to a remote point for complete hardening, after which the mold may be again set up for use.

lVhen constructing the top section of the vault (see Figs. 6, 7 and 8), inner and outer shell sections 1 and 2 constructed similarly to the shells land 2 above described, are used, their height being'of course less than the shells 1 and 2. Since it is desirable to provide a curved top for the upper section of the vault, a plurality of arched plates 17 corresponding to the plate 17 is provided, and in order to form tongues 30 on the lower edge of the upper vault section for reception in the grooves 30, a continuous groove 29 is formed in the base 26 upon which the top section is molded.

As shown in the several figures of the drawings, the joints between adjacent mold shells of both. the body and cover molds.

This may be easily done by applying to use a mumber of inserts 40 having grooved bars 7 adjacent their opposite edges. Fig. 9 discloses the application of such inserts to the lower section of the mold, and in Fig. 10 a detail of one of the inserts is shown. From this illustration and the above description, the manner in which similar inserts may be applied to the cover section of the mold will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be obvious that although the improved mold is comparatively simple and inexpensive,'itwill possess a' number of advantageous characteristics.

I claim:

e 1. A concrete burial vault mold'comprising inner and outer elongated shells between which the wall of the vault is to be molded, a bottom on which said shells rest,

- a pair of horizontal channel iron bars secured rigidly one to each end of the outer shell, bottom fastening bolts rising from the bottom through theflanges of the channel iron bars, and a pair of alined journals secured rigidly one to each of said channel iron bars, and adapted for coaction with supports having bearing means for their reception, whereby the mold may be inverted at Will.

2. A concrete burial Vault mold composed of a plurality of wall plates whose ends contact, a plurality ofbarssecured to one side of the plates and disposed one adjacent each end thereof whereby said bars are positioned in pai'rs,'the bars of each pair being grooved longitudinally in their remote faces, clamping yokes embracing the several pairs of bars and having grooves registering with the grooves therein, and keys driven in the registering grooves in said bars and yokes.

3. A rectangular burial vault mold having its upright end walls and portions of its upright side walls formed of the same sheets of metal and having the lower ends of its corners notched, the lower edges of both side and end walls being formed with outwardly bulged portions terminating at the notches, and hollow corner castings se-- cured, in the notches to form external projections on the vault and to reinforce the corners of the mold.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. 3

CHARLES MANAHAN PECKHAM. Witnesses:

MAUD RILEY, F. W. COOK. 

